We have seen an increase in the number of cases of norovirus in our communities and we must do all we can to help prevent the spread. It is very important that we follow hygiene guidelines such as cleaning our hands as this will help keep those who are most vulnerable and my colleagues safe. Please do not visit our [...]
Resident doctors’ strike action will run until 7am on Monday 13 April and we are doing all that we can to reduce any disruption to our services. During this period, consultants, other specialist doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and wider NHS staff will continue to provide care, and our priority will be maintaining safe services, especially in emergency and life‑saving [...]
The Easter Bank Holiday is approaching and we would encourage you to take simple steps to ensure that you plan ahead to know where to get help and the care that you need. With your General Practice (GP) closed on Good Friday (3 April) and Easter Monday (6 April), people are being reminded to check they have essential medicines [...]
Volunteers play a crucial part in supporting my colleagues and our patients across our Trust and it is great to put the spotlight on one of those roles - the volunteer drivers. Over a six-month period, 17 volunteers completed more than 660 journey across the county for the Volunteer Discharge Service. During that time, they have supported patients who qualify [...]
At our hospitals, we deal with some of the sickest patients and we have expanded our Critical Care Outreach Team to improve the care our hospitals offer. The team led by Becky Hammond looks after any patients who are clinically deteriorating or acutely unwell. They arrange for patients across all specialties within the Trust, including medical, surgery and the emergency [...]
Our Trust is always looking at ways to improve the experience of our patients and reduce the times they are waiting for their planned operations, so it was great to see surgeons carrying out two high intensity theatre lists in one day. Twenty patients had their routine day case operations as part of the all-day lists – known as HIT [...]
Last week, we supported World Cancer Day which raises awareness of cancer and encourages its prevention, detection and treatment. Waiting for a diagnosis, or to have cancer ruled out, is an incredibly worrying and anxious time for patients and their loved ones, and our Trust and the rest of the healthcare system are working hard to reduce the time patients wait. There was positive [...]
The £16.2m decarbonisation project at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is really taking shape with a crane lifting water and heat pumps into position on the roof of the Treatment Centre. Rooftop solar panel works have also started with the framework now in place and the first delivery of panels due this week. A water source heat pump and an [...]
Our Trust has managed to reduce waiting times by a third which is great news for our patients as they are being treated faster due to improvements. We realise that there is more work to do, but we are so proud of clinical and operational teams who have made this happen. Latest figures show that the number of patients waiting [...]
Improving care for our patients is so important to our Trust and I would like to talk about the remarkable progress that has been made in our diabetes service with the creation of an in-house team. The new team made up of four podiatrists are passionate about their roles and in the words of Nicky Beard, Podiatry Diabetes Lead, they [...]
